End-gate



(No Model.)

J. M. KING.

END GATE. 7 I No. 377,680. Batented'f'eb. 7, 1888."

'NITED ST TE JAMES M. KING, OF BENEDICT, KANSAS.

'END-GATE.

SPECIPJTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,680, dated February '7, 1888.

Application filed June 24, 1887.-

To all whom it. may concern:

Beitknownthat 1, JAMES M. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Benedict, in the county of Wilson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in End-Gates and Scoop-Boards, of which the providea combined end-gate and scoop-board which is constructed with closing gates provided with slotted ways, with which the sides of the scoop-board engage by means of trunnion-pins when lowered for use. I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts of the several views, and in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view of a portion of a wagon-body with my improvementshown .in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the scoop-board lowered'for use. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a portion of the scoopboard and end -gate when the scoopboard is lowered. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the end-gate shown open.

A indicates the'wagon-body, the rear portion of which has two slotted standards, B, which are engaged by two vertical strips, 0 0, having suitable guide-irons, c, which engage with the slotted standards B. The guide-irons c are formed with-slots c, and are engaged by clamps 0, adapted to fit over the top of the wagon body at this point. Through these clamps c a screw-bolt passes, which is engaged by an extended wing-nut, c and through the medium of which the clamps c aresecured firmly on the top portion of the wagon-body adj acentto the end-gate. Hinged to the standards C are two gates, D D, which are adapted to openand close when desired. The inner portion of the gates D are formed with circular-shaped slots d, which are bound by metallic bindings d. The said slot d is continued in Serial No.242,416. (No model.) 7

the standard 0, which at this point is also formed with metallic binding a. The lower parts of the standards 0 are also provided with elongated slots 0 which also have metallic bindings.

The scoop-board consists of a rectangular piece of suitable material having re-enforcing strips similar to the ordinary form of end-gate. The scoop-board F has two trunnion-pins, f, at the lower sides thereof, which engage with the small elongated slots 0 The upper portions of said scoop-board are also provided with trunnion-pins f, which engage with the slots 0 and d, formed in the standards or strips 0 and the gates D,'respectively. The upper portion of the scoop-board F is provided with two hand-loops, fflbywhichthe samemaybe adjusted'in position. is not in use, it is held in a vertical position, the upper trunnions thereof being situated in the slots 0 of the vertically-arranged slits O. The gates D are then closed against the said scoop-board, a staple in connection with said scoop-board passing through one of the gates and is engaged by a hasp secured to the other end-gate. By this means it will be seen that the scoop-board is always held in a position ready for immediate use.

When it is desired to lower the scoop-board, the gates D D are opened, and, being hinged to the standards or strips 0, as shown, they are caused to bear against a portion of the wagonbody, and thereby project outwardly in the same line as the sides of the said body. When the scoop-board F is lowered in the slots d, formed in a portion of the said gates, the

said gates occupy an inclined position, and are.

held securely in said position by means of When thesaid scoop-board the upper and lower trunnion-pins engaging with the slots or grooves hereinbefore described.

This form of end-gate,it will be understood,is

intended for use in the transportation of grain in bulk or of such other articles as are liable to fall out of the wagon. It will also be understood that the said scoop-board may be removed from connection with the end-gates when it is unnecessary to use the same.

The novelty. and utility of my improved device being obviously apparent and apprecia- IOO ble, it is unnecessary to further enlarge upon the same herein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. The combination, with the end-gates and strips 0, having slots formed therein, as set forth, of the scoop-board provided with trunnions adapted to engage with said slots, substantially as described.

2. In a combined end-gate and scoop-board, the combination of the gates D D, having the slots therein, as set forth, and the scoop-board F, operating in connection with said gates, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the strips 0, the slotted guide-iron c, the clamps c", and the clamping-nut 0 substantially as described.

4. In combination with the strips 0, the gates D,hinged thereto, the clamping devices to lock the strips to the wagon-body, the guideways or grooves in the gates D, and the scoop'board scoop-board.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. KING.

Witnesses:

H. RAIBSNYDER, H. Hum. 

